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N.J. lottery drawing games offline across the state over the weekendNews Story
Half of all lottery retailers across New Jersey were not been able to issue any tickets from Friday night through Monday as a result of a technical issue, a state Treasury spokesman confirmed Monday. The problem was touched off by a scheduled system upgrade Friday, according to an email from Treasury spokesman Chris Santarelli. The glitch interfered with retailer shops' ability to print out ticket for draw games, such as the Pick 3, Pick 4 and the Jersey Cash 5, and Cash4Life. Instant game
Aug 4, 2015, 7:47 am - Lottery News

Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failureNews Story
Tonight's Ireland Lotto jackpot may be 10 million but National Lottery machines around the country aren't keen on it being won they've been out of commission since this morning. The Ireland National Lottery has now confirmed that tonight's draw has been cancelled. In a statement, it said: The National Lottery can confirm that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telef nica. This incident af
Feb 4, 2015, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

Western Canada Lottery glitch causes ticket errorsNews Story
The Western Canadian Lottery Corporation (WCLC) is advising customers to recheck their tickets following a system problem. Officials said a delay in the draw results may mean that winning tickets weren't correctly identified. They weren't released to the system until 10:35 yesterday morning. When normally they would be available as the retailors were opening their stores, WCLC stakeholder relations director, Amanda Marantz, explained. Something that Gilles Caron found out the hard way.
Sep 22, 2013, 7:16 pm - Lottery News

COMPUTERIZED DRAWING GLITCH STRIKES ARIZONA LOTTERYNews Story
This is why computer ized drawings are bad Undiscovered problem existed for 2 months some tickets had no chance of winning The lottery had no idea until players started complaining By Todd Northrop Due to an error in the computerized drawing system for the Arizona Lottery Pick 3 game between June 10 and Aug. 3, replacement tickets are being offered to eligible people who purchased tickets during that time frame, according to a press release. Pick 3 is an Arizona Lottery draw game
Aug 20, 2013, 9:30 pm - Lottery News

Lottery player says scanner not accurateNews Story
One man's faith in the reliability of Florida's lottery system has been shaken after an odd incident. It was around 8:30 p.m. the evening after a drawing. Robert Campisi, 48, a retired business owner and electrical contractor, was in the Exxon at 7624 Front Beach Road. Campisi said he was engaged in an activity that is all too familiar to him. And like most of the time, as he scanned the Powerball and Quick Pick lottery tickets at the external scanner, an all too familiar message appeared
Sep 16, 2012, 3:04 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery glitch causes many duplicate Quick Pick ticketsNews Story
Mary Ellen Reiter felt like she got one losing ticket for the price of two after discovering that eight sets of numbers on one Illinois Lottery quick-pick ticket that she bought matched eight sets of numbers on another. I think that they should make it right, said Reiter, 52, of Evanston, who bought the duplicate tickets Sunday at a convenience store in the northern suburb. The way I figure, I should at least receive back $5 of free quick-picks. About 3,000 tickets were similarly affecte
May 7, 2012, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

Four years after drawing fiasco, Tenn. Lottery settles with tech firmsNews Story
The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. has received nearly $1 million from a pair of technology companies it blamed for software glitches that resulted in the sale of about $2 million worth of unwinnable tickets in 2007. (See Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inception, Lottery Post, Aug. 21, 2007.) The computer program that Smartplay International and Gaming Laboratories International came up with for games such as Cash 3 and Cash 4 was flawed and resulted in thousands o
Dec 17, 2011, 9:22 am - Lottery News

Man to sue Austrian casino after $57 million jackpot deniedNews Story
A gambler who thought he had won 37 million (US$57 million) on a slot machine has been offered a free meal and 60 (US$93) instead, after casino bosses said the jackpot was due to a software error . Behar Merlaku, 26, played the winning machine at a casino in Bregenz, Austria. Despite only getting four of the slot machine's five required matches, Mr. Merlaku was told he had won the massive jackpot complete with a winning bell and flashing screen. However when he went to claim his prize,
Dec 14, 2011, 9:38 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lottery Web site suffers three-day outageNews Story
The Atlantic Lottery Corp. website was down for a third day as technicians worked behind the scenes to do an upgrade on the site, widely used by lottery players to check winning ticket numbers or play games. The Atlantic Lottery includes the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The site was to have been functional by Tuesday night but was still down early Thursday morning. Spokeswoman Sarah McBeath said the upgrades were taki
Jan 20, 2011, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Glitches with new D.C. Lottery system prompt complaints, long linesNews Story
Change did not come easily Tuesday for D.C. Lottery retailers and customers, who waited in lines and struggled with a new lottery system run by Greek gaming giant Intralot and Maryland businessman Emmanuel S. Bailey. After an unprecedented five-hour delay in commencing the lottery system about three hours of which put off payouts from winning numbers users on both sides of the bulletproof glass in D.C. convenience stores began the day with a host of complaints. The Washington Times visited
Nov 26, 2010, 12:27 pm - Lottery News